Supernatural Haiku Episode Guide, Season Four

Welcome to season four of the haiku episode guide! This may well be the most tightly-outlined season of the entire series; it hangs together brilliantly when viewed in order. I will admit, I always rewatch it slightly out of order in terms of how it aired; I favor the “as shot” order that puts “Monster Movie” third in the season’s sequence, not fifth. The CW was worried about this black-and-white, artsy, high-concept, funny episode coming so early in the season; the network ordered the move. But if you view the episodes in the order in which they were both written and shot, with “Monster Movie” coming third in the season, I think you’ll see that both Dean’s and Sam’s reactions are much more time-appropriate, relative to Dean’s very recent resurrection, than the way in which they were aired. Try it for yourself and see what you think!

What are your super-brief takes on these episodes?